Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport have risen for the third successive year. The 2.8% year-on-year increase to 5.9m makes Bristol the only airport in the UK’s top 10 to achieve growth each year since the end of 2009. Last year’s figures also include record monthly totals for June and July. The figures come...
In the latest of Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel series, Sean McDonough, employment law specialist for Mogers in Bath, explores what action businesses should be taking when they use social media To libel – to publish or broadcast an untruth which will harm a person’s reputation. This is a fact few would have...
Bath Digital Festival is to return for a second year after the success of 2012’s inaugural event. The festival attracted more than 3,000 people to 30 events over 10 days last year, including an internationally acclaimed X Media Lab conference, kids coding clubs, hack events and a digital awards ceremony. This year’s festival will...
Business West is staging a free, two-day workshop next month for high-growth businesses in the Bath area. The event is aimed at entrepreneurs with the aspiration to grow their business to achieve a turnover of £500,000 or more within the first three years of trading. The workshop, on February 7 and 14, will provide...
Law firm Withy King has renewed its commitment to Bath city centre by signing a new lease on its office in Northumberland Buildings. The office is home to the firm’s private client practice, including wills, tax planning, estate management, residential property and family services. Lease negotiations were led by Philip Marshall, commercial partner and...
Bath health and fitness coach Zita Alves has been signed up as a food ambassador to support celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Zita, founder of Zest Bootcamp, has become part of a global movement that allows people who love food to come together to share information, pass on their knowledge and highlight the...
Bath-based designer Kathryn Pickering has been appointed as creative director by Pocket London, the upscale jeans brand recently-launched by Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson. Kathryn will lead its creative direction for its forthcoming collection, producing a luxurious range of jeans in keeping with the brand’s values. The collection aims to have more design...
Bath Christmas Market, one of the UK’s most successful, is already planning for this year’s event by seeking new traders to refresh its product range. Last Christmas it attracted more than 350,000 people over its 18 days, making it the South West’s largest yuletide market. Now with the Christmas break barely over and snow...
Specialist apprenticeship provider Damar Training has appointed assessor Kerry Leahy to support its growing work with the legal sector across the South West. Bristol-based Kerry will be working with law firms in the region supporting their legal apprentices. She joins Damar after seven years as a litigation executive specialising in personal injury work. She...
Annual profits at 1pm, the Bath-based specialist asset finance provider, are expected to be “significantly ahead” of market expectations, it said today as it unveiled a strong set of half-year results. Pre-tax profits at the firm, which finances small and medium-sized businesses through asset-backed deals, climbed by 55% to £330,000 during the period on...
